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ever, the majority of the unemployed in the US had attended college (Shedlock). With more and more parents pushing their children towards college and university education, is obtaining a degree no longer a stepping stone towards employment? It seems now that a higher education won 't necessarily lead to a better life. With the increase in university educated individuals, there are consequences. The job market is flooded, there 's an increase in student debt, and participation in trades is at an…

According to Julie posselt a professor at university of Michigan says competitiveness matters to mental health. She discovered that 40,000 undergraduates in the health minds student that anxiety can be prevalent in insinuations that are more unlocked towards their policy of admissions rather than…

As the obesity epidemic continues to be the focus of many research studies some are beginning to blame colleges and universities for the steady increase in college student obesity (Nicklas, Baranowski, Cullen, and Berensosn, 2001; Huang, Harris, Lee, Nazir, Born, and Kaur, 2003; Brown, Dresen, and Eggett 2005; Nelson, Gortmaker, Subramanian, Cheung, and Wechsler, 2007; Blankenau, 2009). Many argue that neither blame nor responsibility should be placed on the institution of higher education.…

As I look back to my high school days, all I could ever think about was getting my diploma and moving on to college. Frankly, I just wanted to graduate because I was growing tired of the same old stuff in school. I didn’t really know what I was getting into, thinking that I was ready for college while being blind-sided by the amount of obstacles that I came to face. Now realizing the amount of responsibility that I have to accept, my situation of being a first-generation college student and my…

Not a Man’s World Elaine McArdle and Michelle Conlin are writers for magazines such as The Boston Globe and Business Week. McArdle and Conlin articles are about boys falling behind in college education and girls becoming the lead gender in higher education. McArdle and Conlin argue that event though were the leading beneficiaries’ is education it has change in recent years. Their arguments of the articles suggest that boys today are becoming less interested in higher education due to their…

Essay one The first semester of a college’s students career will be one of the most exciting yet stressful semesters of their college career. Coming straight out of high school or a job, college will be a very different kind of education any student has taken in their academic career. Different in a sense of the new academic obstacles that a college student must overcome to succeed. Obstacles like the writer William Zinsser once wrote “I see four kinds of pressure working on college students…

passing courses in college instead of learning important theory associated with their fields. I believe that this is a commonly seen event in colleges and as students we must be worried about working hard in our studies. Being lethargic throughout University results in cheating. The author claims how some students look for getting answers of an exam in a different way than learning from classes and lectures. Bad practices such as obtaining old tests and buying papers are the opening point to…

In late 1996, China’s leaders vehemently objected to Disney’s plans to distribute the movie ‘Kundun,’ Martin Scorsese’s film that told the story of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and China’s brutal occupation of that nation. Following the film’s release in 1997, China’s leaders made threatening statements concerning Disney’s future in their markets. Disney held firm on its position on the movie. “Disney’s potential business in China is infinite. But Disney has to decide whether…

Growing human population within the city increases pressure on the infrastructure and on natural resources, and this affects the environment. As cities expand, they cut deeper into surrounding rural areas, causing environmental problems, such as the loss of wetlands, loss of biological habitat, and air and water pollution. The high density of automobiles, factories, and commercial enterprises in urban areas adds to airborne emissions, including particulate matter, various types of oxides, and…

Essay: The film ‘Looking for Alibrandi' traces Josephine's Higher School Certificate year. Select four people and/or events from Josephine's final year and discuss how these people or events changed Josephine's perspective. Melina Marchetta's "looking for Alibrandi" is a story which resembles change internally and externally. In her final school year, Josephine Alibrandi is confused and angry. She is continuously confronted by issues that question who she is as her true sense of identity is…